Comments on: Steelers ink Antonio Brown to long-term deal

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:35:00 +0000

This guy is 5′ 10, and not even 195lbs and has 2 career TDs. Bernard Pollard and Jimmy Smith must be licking their chops.

By: NakedCowboy!

NakedCowboy! — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:14:52 +0000

i love how everybody is jumping on brown bandwagon… he is exceptional punt returner and a decent wr… but is no mike wallace… brown caught his first receiving td in game 12 0 13… no tds in first season… total career TDs: 2…

good luck with that gut being your no 1 receiver…

brown provides very good overall value but he isn’t a top reciever in this league…

By: baramay

baramay — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:40:22 +0000

Some people are under a misconception. Wallace has until game 1 to be playing or he loses his FA elegibility next year. The owners had this in the new CBA because they do not like to deal with lengthy holdouts thoroughout the season. So Wallace have very few options.
1) Sign RFA deal soon, get to camp adjust to the new offense and sign a big deal next year.
2) Holdout even longer and report game 1, this a terrible idea, if he does not play well in the new offense GMs around the league will expect a lack of performance adapting to their offense and his value will be much lower.
3) Report to camp sign tender but still try to get a deal done. The Steelers can free up some more money if they drop a few veterans before the start of the season. Wallace’s deal will probably not have as much signing bonus, but he still might get a long term deal.

The front office made repeated offers to Wallace’s agent but were turned down. It will be interesting to see who Wallace is more upset with his agent or the Steelers front office.

By: chazzmon

chazzmon — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:09:24 +0000

This is the definition of positive reinforcement. Good luck Antonio!

By: lovemd68

lovemd68 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:09:33 +0000

You don’t have to pay Wallace, but its rediculous to chacterize him as a greedy egomaniac because hes not all in for playing a year at less than market, then getting hit with the franchise. Its the crapiest hand nfl franchises can deal to thier better players. Hes supposed to be exuberant over getting jobbed? Again, im not a steeler fan so i can care less…but his only move is to withhold services. The dude showed up and is ur best threat, the team cose not to reward him…….completely different then playing two years and getting rewarded as mr brown has. Browns never been put in the situation wallace is in because the steelers committed to him early. Not the case with wallace. Nothing more to it.

By: yojoemama

yojoemama — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:04:47 +0000

Wallace is a punk. So overrated.

Last season, he had 800 yards in the first 8 games and could only get 400 yards in the last 8 games. During this falloff, Wallace looked whiney and it showed in his attitude, especially how he does jack crap on an underthrown pass.

Hines Ward on the other hand, gives 100% effort to break up the pass so it doesn’t get intercepted. And then after an INT, Wallace makes zero effort to tackle the guy.

Wallace can only run one route, has average hands. Your basic one trick pony playing hot potato.

Good bye and good riddance.

By: gregmas1970

gregmas1970 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:58:14 +0000

Now if they can figure out how to get him to act like a professional when he makes a catch instead of showboating after every catch like he just caught a super bowl winning touchdown they might have something.

By: joeyd524

joeyd524 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:18:30 +0000

Steelers top wr core? Where did that come from.

By: dachozen1

dachozen1 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:17:21 +0000

Congrats to a helluva receiver! It’s good to know you will Don the Black n Gold for years to come. Go Steel Town!!

By: fafaflunky

fafaflunky — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:16:47 +0000

Man the steelers are tight

By: jr4real

jr4real — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:03:39 +0000

Who are the ppl supporting Wallace? Must be ex players. It has nothing to do with production.

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:58:54 +0000

Tone rocking the “Downtown Antonio Brown” look. As in low rent, skid row, wrong side of downtown.

By: sixburghrules

sixburghrules — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:54:14 +0000

justautumnwindbaby says: Jul 27, 2012 8:04 PM

Good tactical move. Now the steelers hold the upper hand next offseason. They can franchise Wallace now that they don’t have to worry about bronze.
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I don’t think they will franchise tag him. he better get to camp or he’ll be traded on the cheap just like Holmes. We don’t need him that badly
Tomlin will put a competitive team on the field whether he is there or not!

By: trojanwarrior007

trojanwarrior007 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:52:10 +0000

When no one offered up a 1st rounder for him spoke volumes to his true value and now the Steelers are in the driver’s seat.

By: sixburghrules

sixburghrules — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:50:30 +0000

runtheball says: Jul 27, 2012 7:16 PM

That is a little high average wise, but I guess the new TV deal kicks in 2014 when the cap hit goes up. Hopefully it will be low at that point.
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Not for a guy that gained over 2000 yards last year! That is 2000! Remember it. He IS the best offensive player they got! and they have WR depth even though I don’t like Saunders.

By: KIR

KIR — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:37:27 +0000

This report to camp and get paid makes no sense! Mike Wallace does not have an agreed upon contract. Do you all not understand that he completed his agreed 3 year contract obligation? Also Saunders is a free agent next year and he looks just as good as Wallace and Brown when he’s healthy.

By: lovemd68

lovemd68 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:36:58 +0000

If the steelers offered wallace that contract after year two, like they did with brown, he probably takes it…as brown did. But its not the same thing. Wallace played three seasons, is better, no extension. Then watches his team reward a lesser wr, with less years of service…….and hes supposed to gain some kind of perspective about being a steeler? That one got my hand out of my pants to scratch my head.

By: KIR

KIR — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:35:48 +0000

This report to camp and get paid makes no sense! Mike Wallace do not have an agreed upon contract. Do you all not understand that he completed his agreed 3 year contract obligation? Also Saunders is a free agent next year and he looks just as good as Wallace and Brown when he’s healthy.

By: erniecohen

erniecohen — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:29:34 +0000

This is not a good move for PIT. They had Brown for about $500K this year, could have used a first round tender to get him for $2.7M next year, and franchised him three years in a row for about $33M, and still saved about $8M over the life of the contract (not to mention deferring the cap hit). More importantly, if in a couple of years he turns out to not be worth the WR franchise tag (which is not unlikely), or if other WR prospects turn out better than expected, they could have let him go after two more years and saved about $9.5M.

PIT seems to make this particular mistake consistently, which is why they are always facing cap problems.

By: samoanjungle

samoanjungle — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:28:24 +0000

Wow – anyone that expresses an opinion that is anything other than the Steeler org is great gets downvoted like crazy.

By: floridaboy619

floridaboy619 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:21:50 +0000

Wallace should get paid but nowhere near Fitz money. He’s good and AB’s contract should fit him perfectly but he thinks he’s worth more, he should get a Greg Jennings type deal. I mean Jordy Jordy Nelson had a way better season than Wallace but agreed to a deal for his worth. Knowing he’s not the best in the business but top 15 for his position which says a lot. STOP PRETENDING LIKE YOUR MEGATRON OR FITZ, cause your not in their league!

By: JakeDSnake

JakeDSnake — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:21:37 +0000

This looks like a two year $13.54m deal with $28.9m on the back end – it will be interesting to see how the back end is guaranteed in any way.
– and Florio, you listed six (6!) years for this contract (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17) but stated it was a five year deal. Which is it?
Looks like a five year extension on the deal that goes one more year, in which case the new money is $42m for five years and $42.5m for six years.
Given that VJax got five years at $55.5m, I think Wallace holding out until week 10 will still work out for him.

By: onodontbescurred

onodontbescurred — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:07:31 +0000

could this mean a trade is looming where the steelers get what they can for wallace

By: agc99

agc99 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:39:20 +0000

Wallace catches the ball with his body not his hands. He drops a lot of balls. Not the complete player that Brown is.

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:32:17 +0000

Lots of money for a guy who scored 2 TDs last year…

By: franklamar17

franklamar17 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:13:01 +0000

Wallace should get 1 million more per year average and 3 million more on the singing bonus

By: mob6667

mob6667 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:00:29 +0000

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! HE’S A ONE HIT WONDER! IT’S NICE TO SEE THE STEELERS MAKE STUPID MOVES …LIKE… AHH …I DON’T KNOW… THE RAIDER?

By: justautumnwindbaby

justautumnwindbaby — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:04:09 +0000

Good tactical move. Now the steelers hold the upper hand next offseason. They can franchise Wallace now that they don’t have to worry about bronze.

By: tdotsteel

tdotsteel — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:03:18 +0000

Antonio Brown took Mike Wallace’s place in the Steeler offense last year and now he is taking MW’s money.

Oh well. Mike Wallace should speak to ex-Steeler receivers Plaxico, Santonio, Yancey Thigpen, etc about negotiating with the Steeler front office.

By: Steeley McBeam

Steeley McBeam — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:58:11 +0000

fatoldsun1 says:
What has Brown done that Wallace hasn’t?

Well for one he showed up at camp. People don’t realize that AB is also a year younger so anything Wallace did last year can only be compared to ABs 3rd season, which is coming up. He had over 1000 return yards and relatively the same number of receiving yards. The only thing that wasn’t there were the TDs and those will come. AB is the better all around receiver.

Remember what we were all saying before last season when the Ravens CB said Brown was a better receiver than Wallace? What a difference a year makes. Congrats AB!